Allen's bibliography of cetacea and sirenia. 440 



1747. Steigertahl, [J. G.] Account of a Narhual or Unicorn Fish, by Dr. Stcir/ertaM, 



F. R. S., dated at Hanover Apr. 20, O. S. 173G. Translated from the French 

 by T. S. M. D., &c. <P/u7os. Trans., AhricVjcd by Marlyn, 1732-44, ix, pt. 3, 

 1747, pp. 71, 72, pi. V, lig. 42. 



From Philos. Trans. Lond., no. 447, p. 147. See 1738. Steigeutahl. [242.] 



1748. Baeck, Abu. "De cornii PlscLs plane singnlari carinae navis inii^acto. <^Acla 



Acad. Caes. Xai. Cur., viii, 1748, pp. 1D1)-217." 



Not seen; perhaps not Cetacean. Title from Cams and Engolinann. L243.] 



1748. Ellis, H. A | Voyage | to | Hndson's-Bay, | by the | Dobbs Galley and Cali- 

 fornia, I In the Years 1746 and 1747, | For Discovering a | North West Pas- 

 sage; I with I An accurate Survey of the Coast, and a short | Natural History 

 of the Country. | Together ■with | A fair View of the Facts and Arguments 

 from I which the future finding of such a Passage is | rendered probable. | By 

 Henry Ellis, Gent. | Agent for the Proprietors of said Expedition. | To which 

 is prefixed, | An Historical Account of the Attempts hitherto made | for the 

 finding a Passage that AVay to the East Indies. | Illustrated with proper Cuts, 

 and a new and correct Chart | of Hudson's-Bay, with the Countries adjacent. 

 I — I London: | Printed for H. Whitridge, at the Royal Exchange. | 

 M.DCC.XLVIII. 1 vol. sm. 8°. pp. i-xxviii, 1-33G, map, and cuts. 



The plate facing p. 132 gives a figure of "The Great Haipoon for "Whales, with its Barb, 

 Coil, & Bouy" used by the Eskimo. On the plato facing p. 134 are figures of "A Sea TTni- 

 com" and "A Whale." In the text there are merely incidental allusions to these animals. 

 The figure of the Whale was doubtless iutemlod for t.'iat of Balcsna myaticetus, but the head 

 is very short in proportion to the whole length of the animal. 



A Gtiinnn translation of Ellis appeared at Gottingen in 1750, and a French and a Dutch 

 translation at Leiden the same year, each in 8°, q. v. [244.] 



1748. LixxE, C. Caroli Linnsei | Archiatr. Reg. Met. et Bot. Profess. Upsal. | Sys- 



tema | Naturaj I sistens | Regua tria Naturre, | in | Classes et Ordines | Genera 

 et Species | redacta 1 Tabulisque lenis illustrata. | [Monogram.] — | Cum 

 privilegio S. R. M. Polonicjs ac Electoris Saxon. | — | Secundum sextam 

 Stocliholmiensem emendatam & auctara | editionem. | — | Lipsiic, ImpensLs 

 Godofr. Kiesewetter. | 1748. 11. 3, pp. 1-224, 11. 15, pll. i-vii. 



Pisces plagiuri {:= Sirenia + Cetc), p. 39. Genera Triehecus (1 sp.), Catodon (2 spp.), 2[ono- 

 don (1 sp.), Balccna (3 spp.), Delphinus (3 spp.), Physetcr (2 .spp.). Beferenco only to Artedi 

 and Faun. Succ. 



PI. iv, fig. 1, Plagiurus cum cauda horizontally Delphinus? [245.] 



1748-56. "Meyer, J. D. Angenehmer und uiitzlicher Zeitvertreib mit Betrachtung 

 curioser Vorstellung allerhand kriechcnder, fliegender und schwemmender, 

 auf dem Land und im Wasser sich befiudender und niihrender Thiere. Sowohl 

 nach ihrer Gcstalt itnd ausserlichen Bescliaffenheit nach der Natur gezeich- 

 net, gemahlet und in Kupfer gestochen von J. D. Meyer. Niirnberg, 1748- 

 1756. 3 din. folio. Met 240 gekleurdc platen." 



ifot seen; title from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 11, no. 126. [246.] 



1749. CoxDAMiXE, M. DE LA. Relation abr6g6e d'un Voyage fait dans I'intdrieur de 



I'Amerique mcridionale, depuis la Cote de la Mer du Sud, jnsqiics aux Cotes 

 du Bresil &■ de la Guiane, en descendant la livifere Amazones. <^Hiiit. de 

 VAcad. rotj. dcs Sci. a Paris, ann. 1745 (1749), pp. 391-492, pi. ix. 



LamentLa ou Poisson-boeuf, pp. 4G4, 405. [247.] 



1749. GoMARA, F. L. DE. Francisco Lopez de Gomara, Historia de las ludias. <[IIis- 

 toriadores | primitives ( de las Indias occidentales, | que junto, traduxo ea 

 parte, | y ftxco a luz, ilustrados con eruditas No- | tas, | y copio.sos Indices, | 

 el ihistrissimo Senor | D. Andres Gonzalez Barcia, | del Consejo, y camara de 

 S. M. I Divididos en trcs Tomos. | Tomo ][-III]. | [Design.] Madrid. Ano 

 MDCCXLIX. 3 vols. fol. 



Del Pez, que llaman en la Espauola Manati, vol. :i, cap. xxsi, p. 2o. External characters 

 and habits, one half page. [248. | 



29 GB 



